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SUMMARY:Veterans Coffee Social
DESCRIPTION:Calling all  Veterans and their families: Please join us for coffee\, treats\, and camaraderie on May 22nd at the Lexington Community Center from 10-11:30 am. Take some time to get to know your fellow Veterans in the area. This is a great opportunity to swap stories and develop relationships. \nVeterans Services Director Karen Tyler for Lexington\, Bedford\, and Carlisle will be in attendance\, as well as other Human Services Department staff.
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SUMMARY:Harmonies of Majesty
DESCRIPTION:As radical and enlightened eighteenth-century politics and ideologies swept across the American Colonies\, songs and ballads such as “Yankee Doodle”— originally sung by British military officers as a way to mock the sad state of the colonists and their army—gained familiarity in the revolutionary era musical consciousness. Conversely\, in the private homes of colonial Loyalists and on the other side of the Atlantic at the court of King George III and Queen Charlotte\, musical taste was still clinging to more formal classical traditions. Through a curated selection of works\, this program of chamber music illuminates the rich tapestry of British music during a period of imperial challenge and transformation. Each composition offers a glimpse into the diverse musical expressions of the time amidst the challenges posed by the American colonies’ fight for independence.\n\nWith the talents of period instrument specialists from the Handel and Hayden Society\, Adriane Post (violin)\, Renée Hemsing (viola)\, and Guy Fishman (cello)\, journey back to a time when music echoed the hopes\, dreams\, and conflicts of those loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution. This “Tory Story” invites you to experience history through the emotive musical power of Handel\, Haydn\, and Mozart\, the way that King George may have heard it\, and celebrate the richness of cultural expression and the transformative impact of music during one of history’s most defining moments.\n\n$20 members\, $25 nonmembers
URL:https://lexobserver.org/event/harmonies-of-majesty/
LOCATION:Lexington Depot\, 13 Depot Square\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jailbreak of Sparrows: An Evening Poetry Reading with Martín Espada
DESCRIPTION:Martín Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet\, editor\, essayist\, and translator. His new book of poems\, Jailbreak of Sparrows\, is forthcoming from Knopf in 2025. His previous book\, Floaters\, won the National Book Award for Poetry and a Massachusetts Book Award. His poetry collections from W.W. Norton include Vivas to Those Who Have Failed (2016)\, The Trouble Ball (2011)\, The Republic of Poetry (2006)\, Alabanza (2003)\, and Imagine the Angels of Bread (1996). He is the editor of What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump (2019). Espada has received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize\, the Shelley Memorial Award\, an Academy of American Poets Fellowship\, the PEN/ Revson Fellowship\, a Letras Boricuas Fellowship\, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. The title poem of his collection Alabanza\, about 9/11\, has been widely anthologized and performed. His book of essays and poems\, Zapata’s Disciple (1998)\, was banned in Tucson as part of the Mexican-American Studies Program outlawed by the state of Arizona. A former tenant lawyer\, Espada is a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
URL:https://lexobserver.org/event/jailbreak-of-sparrows-an-evening-poetry-reading-with-martin-espada/
LOCATION:Follen Church\, 755 Massachusetts Ave\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
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